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FNE IDF DocBloc: Dubcek Screens at Art Film Fest

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-06-15

Laco Halama's documentary Dubcek will screen in the Slovak Season section of the 26th Art Film Fest, which runs 15 – 23 June 2018 in the Eastern Slovak city of…

Slow Start for CEE Films at Summer Box Office

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-06-13

PRAGUE: CEE films got off to a slow start at the summer box office after a strong start earlier in the year. The summer doldrums follow what has been a…

FESTIVALS: Czech Animators Head to Annecy

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-06-12

PRAGUE: An unprecedented number of 17 Czech filmmakers representing 11 companies and institutions are attending the 42nd edition of the Annecy International Animated Film Festival, running through 16 June 2018.

FESTIVALS: Film Europe Expands Festival Activities with Girls in Film

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-06-12

PRAGUE: Film Europe media company is co-launching its yet another festival to add to its portfolio of mini film festivals, Girls in Film, focusing on first and second films by…

FNE IDF DocBloc: Ex Oriente Tutors Announced

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-06-08

Eleven tutors will head up the 2018 Ex Oriente Film Workshop.

The Legionnaire by Hleb Papou (Italy) Istituto Luce Cinecittà

FESTIVALS: EFP Future Frames at Karlovy Vary

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-06-05

HAMBURG: European Film Promotion will put the spotlight on ten young directors in the fourth edition of Future Frames at Karlovy Vary IFF during a four-day event, which runs 1-4…

FNE at Zlin IFF: Supa Modo Wins 58th Zlin Film Fest

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-06-04

ZLIN: A Kenyan/German coproduction for the youth audience, Supa Modo directed by Likarion Wainaina, won the Golden Slipper for the Best International Feature Film at the 57th Zlin IFF for…

FNE at Zlin IFF: ČT Déčko Children's Channel Celebrates a Strong Five-year Run

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-06-04

ZLIN: Executive Director of the Czech Television Petr Koliha talked exclusively to FNE about the success and future or the Déčko children's channel.

FESTIVALS: East of the West Competition Films

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-06-01

PRAGUE: Twelve films are competing in the East of the West competition at the 53rd Karlovy Vary IFF.

Harvie and the Magic Museum by Inna Evlannikova, Martin Kotík

FNE at Zlin IFF: Planet Nemo Animation Picks up Harvie and the Magic Museum

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-06-01

ZLIN: French sales agent Planet Nemo Animation picked up the animated Czech/Belgian/Russian coproduction Harvie and the Magic Museum directed by Martin Kotík and Inna Evlannikova.

FNE IDF DocBloc: Pavel Koutecky Award Winner Announced

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-06-01

Petr Horky won the 2018 Pavel Kotecky Award.

GRANTS: Nine Features Get Czech Film Fund Support

Denisa Strbova Czech Republic 2018-05-31

PRAGUE: The Czech Film Fund supported the production of nine feature films, totalling 65 m CZK / 2.509,168 EUR.

FNE AT ZLIN IFF: Czech State Cinematography Fund Aims to Increase Youth Film Audiences

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-05-31

ZLIN: Building teen attendance in cinemas is one of the goals of the New Cinema 2018-2019 project, designed to educate cinema operators on improving youth film audience numbers, presented at…

FNE at Zlin IFF: International Coproduction Winter Flies Wraps Post-production

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-05-31

ZLIN: Winter Flies, a new film from Olmo Omerzu, coproduced by the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Slovakia, France and Poland, is being readied for a summer 2018 release.

Director Michal Hogenauer on the set of Certain Kind Of Silence

FNE at Zlin IFF: Michal Hogenauer in Postproduction with Certain Kind of Silence

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-05-30

ZLIN: Certain Kind of Silence, a coproduction between the Czech Republic, Latvia and The Netherlands, is being readied for a summer 2018 release.

FNE at Zlin IFF: Slovak Music Film BACKSTAGE Set to Premiere in Czech Republic

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-05-30

ZLIN: BACKSTAGE, a music film coproducion between Slovakia and the Czech Republic, directed by Andrea Sedláčková, will open in Czech cinemas on 7 June 2018 distributed by Bontonfilm. The film…

FESTIVALS: Karlovy Vary Announces Competition Films

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-05-30

PRAGUE: The Karlovy Vary IFF announced the 12 films that will screen in the main competition. Ten of the films will be world premieres. The festival will take place 29…

FNE at Zlin IFF: Juraj Nvota Directs Czech/Slovak Kids Detective Series

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-05-29

ZLIN: The celebratory zero clapperboard at 58th Zlin IFF launched the production of Crime Story 5.C, an upcoming Czech/Slovak coproduction for children directed by Juraj Nvota.